Many young people will be heading to university later in the year. This is an exciting time and students will feel proud of their achievements and a little apprehensive about taking such a big step. After working hard, many students will let their hair down and throw all their energy (and student loans) into Freshers Week.
University is definitely about hard work and study, but also about learning to live in the adult world, being away from home and the freedom to have an adult relationship! That’s why it’s important to get clued up about sexual health.
AWARE UK is an organization dedicated to ending the stigma attached to sexually transmitted infections and their survey conducted among people aged 24 and under found that one-third do not think they know enough about how sexual infections are spread. Many do not know about the symptoms and others were surprised that some have no symptoms at all. For Chlamydia Testing kits Bexley, visit a site like Checkurself, suppliers of Chlamydia Testing kits Bexley.
Maybe your education did not include learning about STIs or you’ve heard so many myths and legends that you do not know what is real and what is not anymore. This can be a minefield of confusion. Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to be ‘easy’ to contract STIs, you do not have to sleep around, and you can contract an infection through oral sex.
It’s also a myth that you will instantly know if you have an infection. With some infections, there are no symptoms at all and a person can continue to have unprotected sex and pass on the virus to others.
